Imagine there's no PowerPoint It's easy if you try No screens before us No piles of printed slides Imagine all the people focusing on you. Imagine no bullets I wonder if you could No dissolves or fly-ins Just stories, from the heart, and good Imagine all the people focusing on you. with apologies to John Lennon). Visual Aids
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If you've been reading my blog for a while, you may have seen a post I wrote in 2008 about Wayne Pacelle, the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. He visited The Ellen Show to talk about Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. We can be cruel or we can be kind.
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(Editor's note: This post is an update of one from 2010, and I promised to post it this week for the many speakers I worked with at TEDMED--they'll be seeing video of their talks in about a month, and wanted to know what to look for. You don't have to record your speech, but if it's made available, take the opportunity. How do you react?
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I was recently interviewed by Vancouver-based social media and organizational strategy expert Rob Cottingham. Rob’s Social Signal blog is a rich source of information on social media and public speaking and speechwriting. Podcasts Social Media Speechwriting rob cottingham
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For my blog today, I'm pointing to a new eBook , How to Craft Your Elevator Speech, I've just written on those brief forms of business haiku known as elevator speeches or pitches -- why you need one -- or two, what they're for, how to create a good one, and some good and bad examples. Here's the link - - at 99 cents, it's almost free! Enjoy.
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